When my daughter was fifteen
we went on holiday to Cyprus
always a life long desire of hers
was to swim with a dolphin
Imagine her delight and joy
when we saw a sign for this
paying for her was not cheap
but maybe the best sum ever spent
At the pool we watched the display
then off she went to kit up
on returning she was first
boy he sure took her for a ride
When she returned poolside
that dolphin kept returning to her
though others were waiting their turn
the delight on her face spoke volumes
At the end we all got to stroke it
and wow I have never felt so good
its skin was like nothing I have ever touched
silky smooth magical feel, a memory that lives on
I even got a dolphins kiss
as I knelt beside it
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